Srinagar, Jun 11 (PTI) Security forces on Saturday detected a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) along a highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said here.

They said a bomb disposal squad has reached the spot along the Srinagar-Baramulla highway, and the device would be detonated.

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"Security forces detected a suspected IED kept in a bag on the roadside at Bulgam Hygam Tarzoo area of the north Kashmir district," an official said.

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